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The
Bradt family originated in Norway and went to Holland before coming to
the New World in the 1630's. The Loyalist Bradt family lived in the
Mohawk Valley in New York. They had a large estate and were considered
fairly well-off. After the Revolutionary war broke out, they joined John
Butler's Corps of Rangers. They sacrificed everything they owned when
they sided with the British. Several of the Bradt men were ranking
officers in the Butler's Rangers. Catherine Bradt Butler, who was tak…

I am gathering information about my husband's ancestors and here's what I have so far.

Myndert (Minor) Bradt was born in Albany, New York in 1758 and was baptized in 1760. His parents were Jan Brat and Sanje Zeger (John Bradt and Susan Seger)of Albany , New York.Minor Bradt joined the Butler's Rangers and settled in the Home District after the Revolutionary War. He married Catherine Van Alstine in Niagara and had several children.

My husband is descended from the Albany Brat family, Albert the Norman" Brat, his brother founded the Schenectady family. I started a new database for my husband's family. I've been gathering Dutch Reformed Church records from Albany before the Rev. War. They spelled the surname Brat in the records. I was looking for John Bradt who was married to Susan Seger, I found him, Jan Brat, married to Zantje Zeger.

I found the baptismal records for their son, Myndert (Minor), a private in Butler's Rangers…